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Monday has come and gone and I have no garden update because last week we were in Wisco and a little preoccupied visiting family and friends.

We made the trip in two legs. On the first day we drove about 10 hours and made it to Lafayette, Indiana where we were blissfully unaware as to what time it actually was. The clocks in the hotels were on eastern daylight time but I thought we had made it to central time so we had no real idea what time it was that night. It didn't really matter... we were on vacation.

Oddly, when we crossed the Wisco line the next day it got really cold. Our temperature gauge on the dashboard said it was only 57 degrees.... in the afternoon, no less!! We had been dealing with highs in the upper 80's and low 90's with very high humidity for so long that it was kind of refreshing though I felt woefully unprepared. I could have sworn to you that I saw forecasts in the upper 80's for the area before I left (and it was was by the way!). Anywa…

Did you know that hummus sandwiches are the PB&J of the Middle East? At least that is what I heard on Oprah.

I don't know what possessed me... maybe it was because I was missing Oprah, or maybe I was missing all the delicious restaurants like Lebanese Taverna my hubby and I used to visit in fancy pants Northern VA... but out of the blue today I decided to make my own pita chips and hummus from scratch.

I just love, love, love baked pita chips but the store is so far away and I had a pile of laundry a mile high I had to tend to.... So, what's a girl to do but make them herself!

The first part is pretty easy. Like most any yeast recipe you start the yeast, then you mix up the ingredients (I cheat and use my dough hook instead of kneading it) and just sit and let it rise. Then you punch it and roll it out and let it rise again, bake and your done! It may take some time but it is pretty easy.

Is it me or did last week go REALLY fast? Time goes by so much quicker in the summer. Guess we were all too busy having fun.

We harvested the last of the peas and the broccoli and tilled those babies down. We replanted with some summer squash. We should have squash all summer long this time with this planting.

I'm dry curing our first few onions. You may remember we planted these last year just before winter. The ones that are ready are the smaller ones. We've got some biggins so we have a lot to look forward to this summer.

The first patty pans have been out for a week or so. Soon, it'll be harvesting time. The patty pans were directly sown in mid-April. You know, I think I will do the same as this year and won't bother growing these from seed and transplanting them like we did the year before last. They come up so fast on their own and there is plenty of stuff in the garden to eat while we wait for them so I just don't see the n…

It's Monday...err make that Tuesday and you know what the means, time for a garden update! We were nervous to leave the garden last week. Temps were in the upper 90's and humid and we had noone to water the garden. I wasn't sure what we'd be coming back to. To my surprise everything did well despite the heat and lack of water. We still had some ripe strawberries to pick and we have new blooms on the ever bearing varieties.

I had yet to completely unpack and the vacation laundry was piled high and I was left pondering.... Laundry? pick peas? laundry? peas?.... the peas won .I also picked a bunch of broccoli florets for dinner. I have yet to shell and freeze the peas... I best get on that.

I can always count on the squash taking off in the heat. We are also growing buttercrunch lettuce for summer eating. It is suppose to be tender and delicious all summer long. We had some with dinner last night and it was delicate in flavor and absolutely delicious. I'll ne…

Wow, what a wonderful break! We just got back from the Outer Banks and I admit I've been a little grumpy pants. After a week of amazing weather, the skies poured down on us on the way home and I was exhausted because the babe decided that she no longer wished to sleep through the night during vacation. Last night she woke up at 2 AM, 4 AM and 6 AM this morning and I was bone tired. It's a quick drive (just over 4 hours), but it was tiresome for this sleep deprived momma! I had to mentally fight the mind numbing. repetitive sound made by the windshield wipers. I couldn't wait to be home at that point. Other than sleep, our little vacation was great. We didn't get so much as a drop of rain (except as mentioned before, on our way home.) The ocean was literally just 10 or so feet from our window and the sounds of the waves lulled me to sleep the quickest in years... We were so close to the water, it felt like we were on a boat. the view from our window. The house wasn…

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ABOUT ME

I went plant-strong in January of 2012 . I'm a former landscape architect now SAHM. I spend most of my time experimenting in the kitchen and garden, learning new photography tricks, keeping active as best I know how and chasing after three little dirt devils.